Rhode Island's Supreme Court overturns lead paint decision.
Reversing an earlier decision that paint companies must pay for the clean-up of tens of thousands of homes contaminated with lead-based paint, the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled in July that the companies are not responsible for leadbased paint abatement. The ruling marked a blow to a...

Lead paint battle gets a boost; City has grants for 200 homes.
Byline: Thomas Caywood WORCESTER - Maribel Saez moved into an apartment in a three-decker on Sterling Street in October with the expectation that her family could settle in there for a long time. Then she learned her daughter was pregnant. "I said, `Oh...

Fisher-Price to recall almost a million Chinese-made toys because of lead in paint.
Byline: ANNE D'INNOCENZIO & NATASHA T. METZLER WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of Chinese-made toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The recall involves 967,000 plastic preschool...

Digest.
COLUMN: Digest City properties cited by EPA BOSTON - A Massachusetts-based real estate developer and 23 landlords have been cited for 839 violations of laws that require them to notify tenants about the potential for lead paint hazards in their apartments. The U.S. Environmental Protection...

Church gears for 250th.
Byline: Sandy Meindersma PRINCETON - The First Congregational Church is doing its part to get ready for the town's 250th anniversary next year. The church is running a three-year capital campaign to fund much-needed repairs to the 170-year-old building. "The church is such...

Grants help 4 towns pursue housing, infrastructure work.
Byline: J.P. Ellery Brookfield, Hardwick, Warren and Ware have been awarded a combined grant of $661,597, and Warren a stand-alone grant of $787,623 by the state Department of Housing and Community Development. The combined grant enables the four towns to continue a housing rehabilitation program,...

Dynasil Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-18 August 2008-Dynasil Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dynasilof America announced the results of operations for its 2008 third quarter ended June 30. Dynasil is a manufacturer of photonic products including optical materials, components, coatings and specialized instruments....

Valuing Our Children building gets redone.
Byline: George Barnes ATHOL - On the door of each office at Valuing Our Children on Walnut Street, Regan Kleber posted photographs of what the rooms looked like before they got a makeover. "I wanted people to see what they were like," she said. ...

EPA Cites Indianapolis Landlord For Lead-Based Paint Violations; $52,724 Penalty Proposed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has filed a 54-count complaint against Frank Davis of Indianapolis, Ind., for failing to warn tenants or buyers of 10 houses and apartment buildings that their homes may contain lead-based paint hazards. A $52,724 penalty has been proposed....

"Lead paint is bad to eat": the lead industry and child lead poisoning.
Historians of public health are familiar with Benjamin Franklin's letter to a friend in which he recounts his knowledge of the many professions in which lead is a health hazard. He concludes by saying: "This, my dear Friend, is all I can at present recollect on the Subject. You...